Word: towards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...explain. The circumtances of the memorial now proposed are such that very small subscriptions are more to be desired than large ones. For the number of those who have cared for Scott is great; and of these very many will probably like to give a dollar or less toward this tardy but permanent recognition of Scott's place among the great writers of English terature...
...movement toward adopting an intercollegiate golf tournament, as one of the recognized athletic contests, between the large colleges is a most satisfactory step. The game has been growing popular so rapidly that it will undoubtedly occupy a prominent place among American sports in the near future, especially since the qualities required in a successful golf player are skill and steadiness rather than remarkable physical endowments...
...unharbored coast and the malarial swamps of North Carolina had turned the course of the earliest settlers northward toward Virginia. Soon the discontented and lawless from the latter colony emigrated southward and formed a separate settlement, which on account of its make-up was in a condition bordering on anarchy. The industries-purely agricultural-were, however, more varied than in Virginia. The main staples were tobacco in the north and rice in the south. The absence of manufactures and commerce made town life uncommon, most of the people being small farmers and living on small and widely scattered plantations...
Question: "Resolved, That in States where the negro population is equal to or greater than the white, Constitutional provisions tending toward a temporary disfranchisement of the negroes have been, and are, justifiable...
Question: "Resolved, That in States where the negro population is equal to or greater than the white, Constitutional provisions tending toward a temporary disfranchisement of the negroes have been, and are, justifiable...